Nakae Tōju

Nakae Tōju
中江 藤樹
Nakae Tōju
Born(1608-04-21)April 21, 1608
DiedOctober 11, 1648(1648-10-11) (aged 40)
Takashima, Ōmi Province, Japan
NationalityJapanese

Nakae Tōju (中江 藤樹; Japanese pronunciation: [toꜜː.dʑɯ], 21 April 1608 – 11 October 1648) was a writer and Confucian scholar of early Edo period Japan popularly known as "the Sage of Ōmi".